April is Autism Awareness Month and what a better way to express awareness than with light. In collaboration with Autism awareness the Empire State Building changed its exterior building lights colors blue on April 2nd in hopes to raise ...
The air cooled chillers have more advantages as compared to the water-cooled models. When the air chilling machines are designed various factors such as air circulation, flow restriction and recirculation are considered. In general, there ...
Tags: Air Cooling Systems, Machinery
A new residential building is rising at the upper end of New York's skyline. Located on the corner of 56th Park Avenues, this slender building, which almost looks fragile, will be 420 meters high (approx. 1,377 feet). This is 3 meters ...
At the start of summer, outgoing Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Coney Island amusement park officials will toss the switch on a makeover of the iconic Parachute Jump, which is so bright it can be seen from space. The ...
Tags: LED Light, LED Light Project, LED
With the “Zoofenster” building, opened in January 2013 in Berlin City West, the capital has a new urban landmark. Guests of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel enjoy the view of Berlin - just like the air traffic controllers working at ...
Tags: Solar Protection, Radar
The surface required to grow sufficient feedstock for today's bioplastic production is less than 0.006 percent of the global agricultural area of 5 billion hectares. This is the key finding by European Bioplastics, based on figures from the ...
Tags: Bioplastics, Chemicals, Packaging, Printing
Naturex, a France-based producer of plant-based natural ingredients, has unveiled a new fruit and vegetable powder which is manufactured using a low-temperature spray drying process that better preserves flavor, color and nutrition. ...
Last night, the 11th annual Lighting Design Awards took place at the London Hilton, Park Lane. More than 740 of the country's leading lighting designers, manufacturers and architects gathered to celebrate another successful year in the ...
Tags: Lighting Design, Lighting, LED
When some of Iraq's most historic sites were destroyed by war, Ben Kacyra decided to sell his civil engineering company and start a nonprofit in 2003 with the mission of digitally preserving cultural heritage sites throughout the world with ...
In an earlier column, we discussed a framework for risk identification. With the understanding that risk lies at the intersection of vulnerability (specific points of weakness in the supply chain) and exposure (financial or production ...
Lighting towers are needed by all sizes of companies for a number of reasons. These towers have various applications, with the major one being illumination. There are some areas of businesses that inherently benefit from such a light ...
The Scaffolding Division of Harsco Infrastructure s UAE operation, Quebeisi SGB LLC, scooped the trophy for safe working throughout the year from Lafarge - operator of Emirates Cement Plant in Fujairah. "We have the satisfaction of a job ...
Tags: Construction, Scaffolding
SVS announces availability of the Ultra Bookshelf Speakers. Handsomely styled with a swept back profile and striking edge treatments, the Ultra Bookshelf draws design cues from the flagship Ultra Tower speaker with sonic-enhancing ...
Recently, a mine lift with the highest travelling height in China is finished manufacturing and testing and will put into use by Anshan Iron Steel Group Corporation, which is designed by Sicher Elevator Co., Ltd. It is a big step both for ...
Tags: Sicher Elevator, mine lift, Elevator, Transportation
EMIRATES FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT FACTORY LLC popularly known as FIREX is the leading fire and safety equipments manufacturer in UAE with its operation spread all across the globe. The Sharjah based firm was established in the year 1998 with ...